National Aviation Hall of Fame
Neil Armstrong addrresses the 2009 enshrinement
National Aviation Hall of Fame
P.O.
Box 31096 1100 Spaatz Street Dayton, Ohio 45437
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Phone:
937.256.0944
Web:
www.nationalaviation.org
2010 President's Dinner
& Enshrinement Banquet: July 16 & 17
The
National Aviation Hall of Fame (NAHF) is a non-profit,
membership-based organization which honors America's air
and space pioneers. Its signature event is the black-tie
enshrinement gala held in the Dayton Convention Center in
July.
The Hall of Fame's "Class of 2010" inductees includes
Captain Alan Bean, astronaut and lunar module pilot on
Apollo 12, man's second lunar landing; Warren G. Grimes,
father of aircraft lighting and inventor of aircraft
navigation instruments; Clay Lacy, a 50,000-hour pilot,
business aviation icon and videographer for many
Hollywood pictures including "Top Gun" and "The Right
Stuff", and Noel Wien, Arctic flight expert who
founded Wien Alaska Airlines, one of the oldest airlines
in the United States, and who has been listed as one of
the ten greatest pilots of all time.
The 2010 Milton Caniff Spirit of Flight Award recipient
will be the 8,000-member-company National Business
Aviation Association (NBAA), the world's foremost
organization in representing the interests of business
aviation.
Several
NAHF
programs to promote America’s aviation heritage and foster
aviation careers and education:
•Scott Crossfield Award
for
classroom teachers.
•Combs Gates Award for
research and preservation.
•WOW (Wings of Women)
Conference for
high-school-age girls.
•Education programs for
teachers.
Its Learning and Research Center adjoins the National Museum of the United States Air Force and is accessible through the museum. It features exhibits and activities grouped into five eras of flight: Early Years, World War I, Golden Age, World War II, Jet Age and Space Age.
Learning Center hours
Monday-Saturday: 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Sunday: 11:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m.
Closed: Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years Day, Easter, and all federal holidays.
Admission
Admission and parking for the learning center are free. There is a fee for enshrinement events and advance registration is required.
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